Cyber Attacks

Pennsylvania CISO's dismissal not in good judgment

Dan Kaplan March 11, 2010

The information security industry took a step back this week with news that the CISO of the state of Pennsylvania, Bob Maley, lost his job, likely over remarks he made during a panel discussion last week at the RSA Conference.

Intel the victim of "sophisticated" cyberattack

Angela Moscaritolo February 23, 2010

Intel told the federal government that it was the victim of a "sophisticated" cyberattack that occurred in January, around the time cybercriminals compromised systems at Google, Adobe and more than 30 other large companies.

Cybercriminals exploiting luger's death, Winter Olympics

Angela Moscaritolo February 16, 2010

Attackers have been using Twitter and black hat search engine optimization tactics to promote fake videos from the Winter Olympics that are spreading malware, experts warned.

Report says U.S. needs new approach for security

Angela Moscaritolo February 01, 2010

A new report authored by retired Gen. Eugene Habiger of the U.S. Air Force finds that that the public and private sector must deploy secure systems that are properly tested and certified to withstand sophisticated cyberattacks.

Microsoft patches Internet Explorer hole used in spying

Dan Kaplan January 21, 2010

A "critical" Internet Explorer vulnerability, used as part of a mix of malware designed to steal sensitive intellectual property from major U.S. companies, was fixed on Thursday.

Twitter attributes outage to DNS records hack

Dan Kaplan December 18, 2009

Twitter blamed Thursday's outage on a compromise of its DNS records. Users trying to visit the microblogging site were greeted with a message that the "Iranian Cyber Army" had hacked Twitter, reports said. Twitter also experienced "timeline delays and missing Tweets," though its third-party applications remained functioning normally, according to its Status and company blog. The company said it was looking into the cause of the downtime and would provide more information soon. The site is now working properly. In August, the site was knocked offline for several hours due to a denial-of-service attack. — DK

Report: Cyberattacks against the U.S. "rising sharply"

Angela Moscaritolo November 20, 2009

During just the first half 2009, there were 43, 785 cyberattack incidents against the DoD, a new report states. If this volume is maintained for the rest of the year, it will represent a 60 percent increase over 2008.

Hacker charged for marketing systems to steal bandwidth

Chuck Miller November 03, 2009

A federal indictment was unsealed Monday in Boston charging a hacker with selling hardware and software designed to steal internet bandwidth.

Security report finds Chinese cyberspying threat growing

Dan Kaplan October 22, 2009

The Chinese government likely is endorsing cyberespionage against the United States, a new government advisory commission report, released Thursday, found.

SC World Congress: Feds talk cybersecurity

Angela Moscaritolo October 14, 2009

Increased collaboration with individuals from the private sector and international law enforcement bodies is needed to keep up the recent momentum of success.

Report: Cyberdeterrence may be unwise military strategy

Angela Moscaritolo October 09, 2009

A new report suggests that, instead of threatening retaliatory attacks to deter cyberwar, the U.S. military should employ more diplomatic strategies.

Civilians cyberattacked Georgia in 2008 war

Chuck Miller August 17, 2009

During the five-day Russian-Georgian war in 2008, attacks on Georgian government websites were carried out by civilians - with little or no direct involvement on the part of the Russian government or military.

A rise in cybercrime hits SMBs

Chuck Miller July 27, 2009

Forty four percent of U.S. SMBs have been hit by some form of cybercrime and 10 percent were hit so bad that they had to stop production, according to a survey from Panda Security.